Hard history quiz questions and answers

Question 1

Which year is commonly associated with the start of World War I?

Accepted Answer

1914

Question 2

The Magna Carta was originally issued in which century?

Accepted Answer

13th

Question 3

Which empire built roads including the Via Appia?

Accepted Answer

Roman

Question 4

The ‘Black Death’ in Europe peaked during which century?

Accepted Answer

14th

Question 5

Which city was formerly known as Constantinople?

Accepted Answer

Istanbul

Question 6

The Renaissance began in which country?

Accepted Answer

Italy

Question 7

Which war ended with the Treaty of Versailles?

Accepted Answer

World War I

Question 8

Who led an empire that stretched from Macedonia into India?

Accepted Answer

Alexander the Great

Question 9

The storming of the Bastille is linked to which revolution?

Accepted Answer

French

Question 10

Which civilization developed cuneiform writing?

Accepted Answer

Sumerians

Question 11

Which dynasty built much of the Great Wall as known today?

Accepted Answer

Ming

Question 12

The ‘Iron Curtain’ is most associated with which period?

Accepted Answer

Cold War

Question 13

Which event is often cited as the start of the Protestant Reformation (1517)?

Accepted Answer

95 Theses

Question 14

The ancient city of Carthage was located in modern-day…

Accepted Answer

Tunisia

Question 15

Which conflict is known as the ‘War Between the States’?

Accepted Answer

US Civil War

Question 16

Who is credited with unifying Mongol tribes into an empire?

Accepted Answer

Genghis Khan

Question 17

Which ancient wonder was located in Alexandria?

Accepted Answer

Lighthouse of Alexandria

Question 18

Which year did the Berlin Wall fall?

Accepted Answer

1989

Question 19

Who was the British Prime Minister for much of World War II?

Accepted Answer

Winston Churchill

Question 20

Which language dominated Western Roman administration?

Accepted Answer

Latin

Question 21

In which year was the Battle of Hastings?

Accepted Answer

1066

Question 22

Which English king had six wives?

Accepted Answer

Henry VIII

Question 23

Who was the first person to walk on the Moon?

Accepted Answer

Neil Armstrong

Question 24

In which year did the Great Fire of London break out?

Accepted Answer

1666

Question 25

Who was the first woman to become British Prime Minister?

Accepted Answer

Margaret Thatcher

Question 26

Which Roman emperor ordered a wall built across northern Britain in AD 122?

Accepted Answer

Hadrian

Question 27

What was the name of the ship that carried the Pilgrims to America in 1620?

Accepted Answer

The Mayflower

Question 28

Which monarch was on the English throne when the Spanish Armada was defeated in 1588?

Accepted Answer

Elizabeth I

Question 29

Whose assassination in Sarajevo in 1914 triggered the First World War?

Accepted Answer

Archduke Franz Ferdinand

Question 30

In which year did the Second World War end?

Accepted Answer

1945

Question 31

Who was the first Emperor of Rome?

Accepted Answer

Augustus

Question 32

Which Tudor queen was known as 'Bloody Mary'?

Accepted Answer

Mary I

Question 33

The Wars of the Roses were fought between the House of York and which other house?

Accepted Answer

Lancaster

Question 34

In which year did Nelson Mandela become President of South Africa?

Accepted Answer

1994

Question 35

Which country gave the Statue of Liberty to the United States?

Accepted Answer

France

Question 36

Which Gunpowder Plot conspirator was caught guarding the explosives beneath Parliament in 1605?

Accepted Answer

Guy Fawkes

Question 37

Whose tomb did Howard Carter discover in the Valley of the Kings in 1922?

Accepted Answer

Tutankhamun

Question 38

In which year did the Soviet Union launch Sputnik 1, the first artificial satellite?

Accepted Answer

1957

Question 39

Which British nurse became known as 'the Lady with the Lamp'?

Accepted Answer

Florence Nightingale

Question 40

What was the codename for the Allied invasion of Normandy in June 1944?

Accepted Answer

Operation Overlord

40 Hard history quiz questions and answers

1.Which year is commonly associated with the start of World War I?

2.The Magna Carta was originally issued in which century?

3.Which empire built roads including the Via Appia?

4.The ‘Black Death’ in Europe peaked during which century?

5.Which city was formerly known as Constantinople?

6.The Renaissance began in which country?

7.Which war ended with the Treaty of Versailles?

8.Who led an empire that stretched from Macedonia into India?

9.The storming of the Bastille is linked to which revolution?

10.Which civilization developed cuneiform writing?

11.Which dynasty built much of the Great Wall as known today?

12.The ‘Iron Curtain’ is most associated with which period?

13.Which event is often cited as the start of the Protestant Reformation (1517)?

14.The ancient city of Carthage was located in modern-day…

15.Which conflict is known as the ‘War Between the States’?

16.Who is credited with unifying Mongol tribes into an empire?

17.Which ancient wonder was located in Alexandria?

18.Which year did the Berlin Wall fall?

19.Who was the British Prime Minister for much of World War II?

20.Which language dominated Western Roman administration?

21.In which year was the Battle of Hastings?

22.Which English king had six wives?

23.Who was the first person to walk on the Moon?

24.In which year did the Great Fire of London break out?

25.Who was the first woman to become British Prime Minister?

26.Which Roman emperor ordered a wall built across northern Britain in AD 122?

27.What was the name of the ship that carried the Pilgrims to America in 1620?

28.Which monarch was on the English throne when the Spanish Armada was defeated in 1588?

29.Whose assassination in Sarajevo in 1914 triggered the First World War?

30.In which year did the Second World War end?

31.Who was the first Emperor of Rome?

32.Which Tudor queen was known as 'Bloody Mary'?

33.The Wars of the Roses were fought between the House of York and which other house?

34.In which year did Nelson Mandela become President of South Africa?

35.Which country gave the Statue of Liberty to the United States?

36.Which Gunpowder Plot conspirator was caught guarding the explosives beneath Parliament in 1605?

37.Whose tomb did Howard Carter discover in the Valley of the Kings in 1922?

38.In which year did the Soviet Union launch Sputnik 1, the first artificial satellite?

39.Which British nurse became known as 'the Lady with the Lamp'?

40.What was the codename for the Allied invasion of Normandy in June 1944?

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